Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014 Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History's 2015 Distinguished Book Award and the 2015 British Army Military Book of the Year For the empires of Germany and Austria-Hung...
Alexander Watson
Paperback
608
Penguin Classic
0141042036
9780141042039
3
For Germany and Austria-Hungary the First World War started with high hopes for a rapid, decisive outcome. Convinced that right was on their side and fearful of the enemies that encircled them, they threw themselves resolutely into battle. Yet, despite the initial halting of a brutal Russian invasio...
Alexander Watson
Hardcover
832
Basic Books
0465018726
9780465018727
1
One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a...
Harold A. Innis
Paperback
226
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
0802068391
9780802068392
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It's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, he traces humanity's movement ...
Harold A. Innis
Paperback
288
Dundurn
1550026623
9781550026627
4
This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human re...
Alexander Watson
Paperback
308
Cambridge University Press
0521123089
9780521123082
2
Alexander John Watson
0802039162
Alexander John Watson
0802094783
Alexander John Watson
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